Duel Links Meta Snapshot December 2025 Week #3

Published on December 15th, 2025 by
Bismut

Tournament Analysis

Hello! This Tournament Analysis article series aims to summarize the tournament-winning metagame based on data from a weeklong period (for both Speed and Rush formats).

Today's report is based on tournaments held from December 08, 2025 to December 15, 2025

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Fewer tournaments, but the tendency toward a diverse meta with 5-6 competitive decks (Shino, SS, Beetrooper, BE, Chimera, and Preda) remains.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #406 SE/No Side 21 Predaplant Kaiju Swordsoul Eldlich
Quantum Dailies #497 SE/No Side 54 Swordsoul Blue Eyes Blue Eyes Vaylantz
The Wolf Series #79 SE/No Side 44 Shinobird Beetrooper Shinobird Predaplant
Suisen Weekly #179 SE/No Side 29 Swordsoul Eldlich Swordsoul Blue Eyes
Duel Links Grand Prix #129 Swiss/No Side 79 Predaplant Swordsoul Blue Eyes Predaplant
Sky Striker Cup #71 SE/No Side 41 Shinobird Shinobird Sky Striker Adamancipator
Starry Cup #82 SE/No Side 63 Chimera Shinobird Beetrooper Chimera
Latam Showdown #224 SE/No Side 29 Exosister Despia Speedroid Blue Eyes
Duel Links Dynasty #40 SE/No Side 46 Beetrooper Chimera Predaplant Blue Eyes
DLTC Weekly #4 SE/No Side 83 Beetrooper Chimera Blue Eyes Predaplant

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #406 - MParadoXyt
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #497 - Madara
1st Place in The Wolf Series #79 - Sky
1st Place in Starry Cup #82 - Alone
Skill Chimera Illusions
26 cards
Nightmare Magician
Nightmare Apprentice
Nightmare Apprentice
Nightmare Apprentice
Big-Winged Berfomet
Big-Winged Berfomet
Droll & Lock Bird
Cornfield Coatl
Cornfield Coatl
Cornfield Coatl
Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws
Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws
Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws
Mirror Swordknight
Mirror Swordknight
Mirror Swordknight
Master Tao the Chanter
Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
Vision Resonator
Dark Hole
Dark Hole
Chimera Fusion
Chimera Fusion
Chimera Fusion
Fiendish Golem
Mirage Mirror Force
Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
Chimera the Illusion Beast
Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts
Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal
I:P Masquerena
Knightmare Phoenix
Underworld Goddess of the Closed World

Prerequisites

  • A registered Konami ID linked to your master duel game
  • Must login to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB using the same Konami ID
  • If the Yu-Gi-Oh! DB website asks to login with Game Card ID just click "I don't have a game card ID" and fill some basic information to proceed

Export Guide

- Via the MDM extension (Recommended): Download on Firefox, or Chromium Browsers
For Chromium browsers (Chrome/Edge/Opera/Brave...etc) just click "Add to chrome" on the store page and it'll work on most if not all chromium browsers.
After using the extension, go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it
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- Manually
  1. Click here to copy the export code
    2.
  2. Go to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB and click My Deck => Add a Deck
  3. Once the deck page loads click Edit then do one of the following based on the platform your device is running:
    • (PC Only): Press F12 to open the DevTools window => Navigate to the Console tab in the window => Paste the export code => Hit Enter
    • OR (Other platforms/PC): In the address bar of the current tab remove the URL and type "javascript:" without the quotations then paste the export code, then if you're on mobile look for the *globe* icon and tap on it to run the code (Chrome only), for PC users just hit enter.
  4. The deck will save automatically
  5. Go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it

Click here for a more detailed guide

1st Place in DLTC Weekly #4 - Makaveli

Performance Metric

Remarks

The tournament scene reflected GRF performance very well, with Music, Jointech and Aqua as the big decks. There are some archive skills in the top 100, there are no lists yet but it seems were Gradius lists.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Rush Duel Links Weekly #48 SE/No Side 29 Jointech Baseball Jointech Music Princess
Quantum Rush #89 SE/No Side 27 Gradius Aqua Aqua Music Princess

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Rush Duel Links Weekly #48 - Soliman
1st Place in Quantum Rush #89 - Giorfio

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